D`y ever ever wonder what you would do if you won the lottery?

[triplets]

I know what I would do.

1. Buy a 5 bedroom house so we all get our own room, big garden so James could have a dog.

1. Get private medical insurance so we never again have to await scans and results.

1. Buy Shabs a villa in Faliraki.

1. Throw a big party for all my lovely lovely mad mums on here.

1. Treat myself to highlights.

1. Buy bags and bags of M&S choccy nuts!

As Shabs would say "piggin hell"!! Poor poor H. Told you about the car, well he phoned this morning and they are fitting a new drive belt, another £120 approx, but...................they have found another problem with the a/c unti which is affecting the running of the car, we need a new a/c pump, they cant do it as its a specialist job on the Galaxy. H wont drive it to France unless its done Phoned a friend who runs his own repair shop and he is going to phone this pm, but warns us we are looking at about another £700!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Piggin piggin hell! Must go, the district nurse is here and the patient isnt! Humf! Love to Lewis Shabs xxxx

put unti instead of unit, there is a c in front!!

Aw Ruby, thank you, I am really fine its just I am kind of getting myself in a state about everything I am trying to do right now (too much!). Can't seem to get anything 'proper' done for just wading through the life stuff like school runs, concerts et al, cooking, shopping, cleaning, new house stuff, granny visiting etc.

I have also had a couple of problems with my mum that leave me all torn up. Its the basic 'her feelings over my feelings' thing that has plagued me most of my life. I just find it like wading through treacle and I just feel immensely selfish and guilty when I put my feelings first.

And I empathise with your MIL problems. I feel a bit guilty about mine. She's lost her husband and had an op. But you know, she wallows in self pity and I find that too, too much. I struggle at times to keep all the plates spinning but I never give up trying or trying to make it all better. Australia for a month sounds like heaven for you and a possible hell for your SIL (she lives there right? I remember because my little brother lives there too.)

I hope you rode the storm with her.

Trips...........at what point can you throw in the towel and replace the car? Its getting bonkers expensive for you.

I am waiting for the moment DP steps foot in the door and I will pour us G&T's with lime and lots of crushed ice. We will definitely eat something that the purveyor of take away food makes and I will definitely have a night off and sleep early too. I'm so tired, I keep falling asleep mid sentence, with glasses on, sometimes with a mug of tea in my hand and DP saves me and tucks me in.

there, its FRIDAY!!!!!

p.s. I am such a proud mama [booooring!!] I can't revel in it in real life because I'd be outcast amongst the school mums but my DD1 is not only getting an award, she also got a top award in her music exam. I don't stand over her with a whip, she is just a girl who gets her head down and does. I am one lucky mama. Last night, someone mentioned that school awards were for the thick kids to encourage them to try harder. Isn't that a horrible thing to say? I could never, ever say a thing like that. I didn't expect her to get awards, I'm just thrilled that she worked hard and feels proud of herself. I just rode it with the best wit I could come up with. I don't even know why its stuck with me and why I give it credence. Ah well.

I forgot to do this

I am really fine

I just sound moany

But I'm not, I'm fine

Oh FG I'm so for your dd1, how lovely to do so well, not in just one area but two. You have every right for feeling proud, I'd want to shout it from the rooftops too. I hate people that feel the need to knock things. They either never won anything in their lives and know that wonderful feeling you get inside for being great at something, or else they are just that their own offspring can't produce such results.
Pay no heed chuck. Wish I could help you settle your mind in some way, aren't you off on hols soon?

Trips, will you/can you consider a new car? We had to replace ours after the engine went and it needed too many other repairs, nightmare.

Good morning girls xx

Hellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllooooooooooooo is there anybody in here????????

Good morning girls xx

Morning!

FG - you are a swan! It sounds as if the other mums are toxic friends. I had one and everytime I saw here I would come back chuntering on to DH about how crap she made me feel. Just don't bother. Do the bare minimum for the sake of the children (!)

YOu are right to be proud of your children, The other lady is definately wrong. I was a relatively thick kid (all girls high achieving grammer and I was good at pottery and netball ) and never won any award apart from colours. Completely disproves her theory.

Oh, did I mention I won the Fisher price comp here?

To everyone: our family motto - 'push on'

Ladies....................I just had this wonderful vision of Shabs tap dancing across the screen
Car................its red hot and making hte most awful noise and in my opinion its had it, but we have no money to buy another one Will have to approach the building society to see if we can extend our mortgage AGAIN! Will wait and see what tomorrow brings, H seems hopeful that Jason will be able to do something in time for France on Tues, I am going if I have to hitch a ride with a Ukranian lorry driver....methinks not a bad idea Stress at my mums yesterday, two brothers fell out big time, one stormed off leaving my mum in tears and my niece in tears and Becca really upset. I came home so wound up, couldnt sleep, so up at 5am, and walked to the cemetery to take my lovely dad his fathers day flowers, and sat and talked to him and Matthew until 8.30am! Got home, everyone up wondering where I was, the kids had given H his cards and pressies and I just wanted to bawl as Matthew isnt here and its Fathers Day. So just popped to the local garden centre and bought a lovely shrub for H from Matthew, feel really uptight so as its 5.15pm the sun must be over the yard arm, off to find the Tio Pepe! Back later xx

Oh Trips - I have been sharing those kind of thoughts all day. Dan, Em and Lew came for an hour and I just sat here thinking about if Gareth and Matthew would be dads by now? If they would be happy? What would they be doing? etc etc. To be honest its Matts 25th birthday on the 30th June and I am dreading it....really dreading it....as the years roll by it seems more and more unfair. Hope your day improves my love xxx

rushing on through......two (unusual) wet beds tonight! Just finished more house emails, got kitchen to tidy and breakfast to lay. I am not angry. I have no proof that MIL, SIL and BIL just buried FIL's ashes in MIL's garden 5 hours ago without DP or taking his wishes into account. I have no proof that this has happened and so I must not be angry. I will reserve judgement.

They sent a text, to his turned off phone, saying they were about to..............

I swear I might rip someone's head off if this has happened.

Ohhhh Frumpster - I really, really hope they havent. Really hope that has not happened. You know where I am if you need me and if they have. xxxxx

Good night girls xx

Good morning girls xx

FG what unreasonable people, if true.

Just remember - you are a swan.

Dont worry about me Rubester - Im fine....just 'life' going on - all will be well xxxx

Girls, je suis knackered..........kids left at 8.30am and I haven`t stopped since! SIL and PITA BIL arriving at 7.30pm, so now have to feed them, changed all the beds for them though felt tempted to leave Beccas bed as it was only full of glitter and other undesireable marks Well we have no car.........official so bil is taking his, much prefer my idea of hitching with the Ukrainian, or Cheq or Pole or Iti..........ok got to go, will you miss me? Shabs love you loads, I know you feel like me, yesterday was incredibly hard, our lads will be proud of us, back Frid.........abientot mon amis xxxxxxxx

Will miss you like mad Trips - have a good time and enjoy yourself. Safe journey sweetheart xx

Bon voyage mon petit triplet